Thursday, May 03, 2012

The gods must be crazy (part iii)

In the meantime, I was still hungry and thirsty. Iceberg lettuce didn't sound too enticing.

"And then what happened?" I again asked.

Franco continued with his story, "You see those people over there?" He
pointed to a group of middle aged people raising their arms. From my
perspective, they could have been ex-hippies from San Bernardino.

"Foreigners..." Franco added. "They came to this island a year ago and
offered strange fire to the gods. Don't know what it's made of but it
surely changed things real fast. Thanks to them we now have centralized
heating in our houses. We have clean air and running water."

"Who are they?"

"They say they worship the goddesses Ephea, Akmad and Barawalenga.
Known as the un-wholly trinity, they brought back order to this island
on condition that we would not eat the transfat from any meat, which
would have to be offered along with the strange fire that only the
Kurios (that's what we call them) know how to make. That is why any
meat we have goes to the offerings."

By this time, my head was starting to spin. And all this talk about
lettuce and cold weather and pagan rituals was not improving my
situation. I needed a smoke. I was reaching for my Cuban Cohiba to
fire it up when Franco grabbed my arm.

"My dear friend, I need to remind you that we have no smoking policy on
this island. You know.. part of the deal we made with the gods."

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Rob Castro

aka Juzno

About Rob Castro

Rob Castro is a retired engineer and an artist-photographer. He worked for the government for over 25 years in the field of air pollution control. In January of 2014, Rob retired from government service so he can focus on his artistic endeavors. Although he has no formal training as an artist, Rob had an early start in developing his artistic talents. At the age of five, he drew a picture of the devil while a student at a parochial school. This got him in trouble with the nuns but it also affirmed his calling to be an artist.

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